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Tokyo Joshi Pro’s quarterly blowout event, SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24, kicks off a big weekend of wrestling across Japan today. Their annual summer tentpole event is a morning matinee event and is loaded up with 9 matches including 2 title matches and familiar foreign talent returning. In the main event, Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe defends the title against Rika Tatsumi. Can Watanabe keep her reign alive against her Daydream partner & friend or will Tatsumi become a 2-time champion? In the second title match, Yuki Arai looks to become a 2-time Princess Tag Team Champion by adding the title to her International Princess Championship, this time teaming with Moka Miyamoto to challenge Suzume & Arisu Endo for the titles. Elsewhere, Japanese veteran & AEW part-timer Emi Sakura makes a special appearance and Hall of Famer Aja Kong faces Shoko Nakajima.

There have been late changes to the card because Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu are off the original lineup. Kakuta is out due to a lower back injury that has put her retirement match next week in potential jeopardy. She was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku. Kakeru Sekiguchi is the replacement. Kiryu is off due to the always-vague poor health/physical condition (probably illness). She was to have teamd with Yuna Manase & Kaya Toribami to face Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Moeka Haruhi, who just returned to Ganbare Pro this past weekend after an extended absence to be a kidney donor to save her sister’s life, is the replacement for her second match back. Haruhi also has joined Ganbare after spending most of the last decade as a freelancer.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English. Former SKE48 member Marika Tani makes her regular major-event appearance as a guest on Japanese commentary. Fans will be allowed to throw streamers/paper tape today. There will be a post-event party/gathering at a nearby venue after the event which may affect running times slightly although schedules are subject to change, but this probably will be a normal major event in terms of running time and go around 2 1/2 hours. The longest it could possibly go would be a little over 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Wakana Uehara, Toga & Runa Okubo vs. HIMWARI, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro
Chika Nanase vs. Kira Summer
Mei Suruga vs. Uta Takami
Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi & Kaya Toribami
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Emi Sakura & Mizuki
Aja Kong vs. Shoko Nakajima
Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Rika Tatsumi fro the title

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in a few minutes.

6:50 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & Marika Tani. Your English hosts are Mr. Haku & Baliyan Akki.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Usual reduced capacity setup and crowd still filing in but it looks mostly full already, so it should be at least in the 700-750 range. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 873)

The matches should begin in 20-25 minutes.

During Sayuri Namba’s opening announcements, they announce the year-end event for 12/29 and the 2025 opener for Tokyo Dome morning on 1/4/25, both at Korakuen. She then brings out Nao Kakuta to address the crowd, appearing even though she can’t compete today due to a back injury. Up Up Girls then come out. (Looks like matches will begin around 7:15 PM PT)

The matches begin at 7:20 PM/10:20 PM ET.

Match 1: Wakana Uehara, Toga & Runa Okubo vs. HIMWARI, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara, Toga & Runa Okubo beat HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. Toga pinned Suzuki after Rock Bottom.

Match 2: Chika Nanase vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kira Summer beat Chika Nanase. Kira’s first career victory!

Match 3: Mei Suruga (Chocolate Pro Wrestling) vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Mei Suruga beat Uta Takami by submission. More of a comedy match.

Match 4: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro), Moeka Haruhi (Ganbare Pro) & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT. Comedy match of course.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi (Independent/Freelancer). 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Kakeru Sekiguchi. Nao Kakuta, who was supposed to have faced Kamifuku, was at ringside for the match. Post-match, Kamifuku with microphone. She briefly put Kakuta over then Kakuta came in to apologize for not being able to compete and thanked the crowd for coming out. She hoped they would come to her retirement match Thursday.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Emi Sakura (Chocolate Pro Wrestling/All Elite Wrestling) & Mizuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Emi Sakura & Mizuki. Yamashita pinned Mizuki after Skull Kick. And for good measure Sakura gave Mizuki a tilt-a-whrl backbreaker afterwards. Happy Happy!

Match 7: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) vs. Shoko Nakajima. 20 minute time limit
Result: Aja Kong beat Shoko Nakajima

Match 8: Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto for the titles. 30 minute time limit (This is the first time I’ve ever seen Suzume without her traditional jet-black hair! She dyed it blonde today, also has a new outfit)
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Arai & Moka Miyamoto to retain the titles. Endo beat Miyamoto with a camel clutch. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Rika Tatsumi fro the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Rika Tatsumi to retain the title. V3 for Watanabe. Next up: Probably the Tokyo Princess Cup winner at WRESTLE PRINCESS 5 unless Watanabe wins.

The next event is the Nao Kakuta Retirement Event (they call it graduation) Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Hopefully Kakuta will be able to compete in her final match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

More injury news from Tokyo Joshi Pro ahead of SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 this Saturday, and it’s unfortunate because of the two absences now, Nao Kakuta remains one of them. Existing lower back injury. She was to have faced Yuki Kamifuku. Kakeru Sekiguchi is the replacement. Kakuta will participate in a post-event autograph session, but now there should be worry about her status for her final match scheduled for next week and if this injury could be career-ending without one last match. Additionally, Mahiro Kiryu is now off too. The always-vague poor health/physical condition. She was to have teamed with Yuna Manase & Kaya Toribami to face Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Moeka Haruhi, who just returned from a long absence to be a kidney donor to her sister, is the replacement. Haruhi will be at the post-event party but no Kiryu, so refunds will be offered to affected fans.

Tokyo Joshi Pro finished up the build to SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 today with the final house show before the event.

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 194.

There were late changes to the card because Nao Kakuta & Moka Miyamoto were off the event. Kakuta is out due to a lower back injury that has her uncertain for the last 2 weeks of her career. Miyamoto is out due to the ever-vague poor health/physical condition.

Match 1; Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: HIMAWARI beat Kira Summer by submission.

Match 3: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. Kamifuku pinned Uehara after Fameasser. (Lately I’ve noticed the Google Translate built into DDT’s website now translates it as “Famous Master”. Haha)

A mini talk show with the injured Nao Kakuta, Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna was held.

Match 4: Arisu Endo, Suzume & Haru Kazashiro beat Mahiro Kiryu, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Endo pinned Suzuki after The 10th Law.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki & Runa Okubo beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi beat Harajuku with White Dragon Sleeper.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24, the quarterly blowout event, on 7/20 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese & English will begin Friday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET with live results scheduled.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced changes forSaturday’s event in Tokyo stemming from two injury absences. Both are concerning ahead of SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 because two key wrestlers are affected-Moka Miyamoto & Nao Kakuta. Miyamoto-the always-vague poor health/physical condition. Kakuta-lower back. It’s not known if either will miss additional time, but Kakuta will be at the event and participate in a mini-talk show with Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna, who are also out with injuries. But this is the final event before the quarterly blowout event so both have only a week to recover. Miyamoto is to team with Yuki Arai to challenge for the Princess Tag Team Championship next week and Kakuta will have one of her last matches before retiring the following week.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: The YMZ promotion, which is tun by longtime wrestler Kaori Yoneyama when she’s not wrestling in Stardom as Fukigen, has announced that Kakuta will not be able to wrestle at their 7/16 event as planned but will still appear.

Ahead of her retirement later this month, Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Nao Kakuta Produced event today dubbed “CROSS”, featuring outside participation and more.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. I had planned to do live results but was unable to due to a lengthy cable/internet outage in my area that was not resolved until after the event.

The announced paid attendance was 284, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Himeka beat Cherry & Sho Sekiguchi (?). This was supposed to have been Cherry vs. Sekiguchi with Himeka as special referee but instead Himeka pinned both.

Match 2; Arisu Endo won a 5 woman battle royal, last eliminating Pom Harajuku. The other participants were Suzume, Mizuki & Yuki Arai. All were dressed as Nao Kakuta.

Match 3: Meika Ozaki beat HIMAWARI.

Main Event: Saori Anou & Natsupoi (Stardom) beat Nao Kakuta & Tae Honma. Natstpoi pinned Kakuta after Fairy Gift. AIna Aiba was guest ring announcer.

The next event is an Up Up Girls second unit special event tomorrow at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran an event in Tokyo with an after-party to follow later on.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 262..

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: Wakana Uehara beat Uta Takami.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. Kamifuku pinned HIMAWARI after Fameasser.

Match 4: Maki Itoh beat Tuna Okubo.

Match 5: Nao Kakuta & Yuki Aino beat Shoko Nalajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Independent/Freelancer). Kakuta pinned Hasegawa after Shiden Kai.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Toga beat Mizuki & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Rika Tatsumi, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.

The next event is CROSS, a Nao Kakuta Produced event, on 7/6 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The event isa legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/5 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

A short time ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the entrants for this year’s Tokyo Princess Cup, their annual singles tournament. A field of 19 makes up this year’s tournament, with round 1 & 2 matches TBA. The field: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Suzume, Arisu Endo, Yuki Kamifuku, Mizuki, Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku, Kaya Toribami, Wakana Uehara, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo, Ryo Mizunami, Zara Zakher.

Notably not in the field: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Raku, HIMAWARI & Mahiro Kiryu. All but Itoh will be in the UK when the Semifinals & Finals take place so they will miss the tournament as a result. Itoh will be in the US again in August and will miss all events that month. Also not entered due to being rookies (presumably) are Kira Summer & Uta Takami.

The tournament begins 7/28 at Ryogoku KfC Hall in Tokyo then continues on 8/3 at Shinjuku Face, 8/10 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka (Quarterfinals), 8/23 at Shinjuku Face (Semifinals) and concludes 8/25 at Korakuen Hall (Finals). It also has been announced that Arai, Mizunami & Zakher will participate in all events regardless of tournament results.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with an event in Shizuoka that just concluded.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There were late changes to the card due to Yuki Aino being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health/physical condition.

Match 1: Mahiro Kiryu beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima & Kira Summer beat Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami. Nakajima pinned Takami.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Runa Okubo by submission.

Match 4: Nao Kakuta beat Shino Suzuki.

Match 5: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Itoh beat Harajuku with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita, Moka Miyamoto & Toga beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. Miyamoto beat Endo with Rashomon.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Wakana Uehara beat Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI. Watanabe pinned HIMAWARI after Teardrop.

The next event is Thursday at Loft9 Shibuya in Tokyo, which will be a fundraiser for the injured Hyper Misao to help cover her medical expenses. It will be streamed live on Twitcasting for 1500 Japanese yen (around $10 US) beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. Event format TBA.

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just announced Nao Kakuta’s final match in the promotion on 7/25 before she retires. The event, to be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, will see Kakita close her TJPW career against Mizuki. Fans can throw streamers during that match and the post-match retirement ceremony. No other matches announced yet.

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs their monthly major event today, this month’s dubbed ‘PRISM ’24”. 2 title matches headline the event today as international outsiders come back looking for some gold. First up, International Princess Champion Yuki Arai must overcome a considerable height & size handicap once again as she defends against foreigner L.A. Taylor. Then in the main event, Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe defends the title against the popular American wrestler Vertvixen, back for another shot at the gold. And with the return of Miyu Yamashita to Japan looming, along with the Tokyo Princess Cup, Watanabe’s days as champion may be numbered…although what may work in the champion’s favor is Yamashita is among 5 wrestlers who are out of the Tokyo Princess Cup because they will be in England during the Semifinals and Finals (also no Raku, HIMWARI & Mahiro Kiryu. No Maki Itoh as well as she’ll be back in the US). The undercard is highlighted by the return of former All Elite Wrestling Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida to TJPW, and another appearance by Hall Of Famer Aja Kong.
In other news, the promotion today also announced a fundraiser event for 6/27 at LOFT9 Shibuya in Tokyo, which will be an event to help raise funds for Hyper Misao, who is out of action due to injury. All proceeds from the event will go to her medical expenses. The event format is undecided but it will be livestreamed on Twitcasting for 1500 Japanese ten (around or just under $10 US).

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Former SKE48 member Marika Tani, who left the group a couple months ago but remains active elsewhere in the entertainment industry, will return as a special guest on Japanese commentary. Fans are allowed to throw streamers/paper tape today. There will be a post-event party next door to the venue, which plays into the event name (Prism Hall is next to Korakuen). That event will perhaps have some influence on the running time even though it’s subject to change, so anticipate this event running about 2 1/2 hours. Based on time limits for matches the longest it could possibly go it about 3 hours. Also, for the last hour or so I’ll be split-screening due to another live event starting.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro
Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami
Nao Kakuta & SAKI vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Aja Kong, Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer vs. Maki Itoh, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami
Hikaru Shida vs. Moka Miyamoto
Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga & Shino Suzuki
International Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. L.A. Taylor for the title
Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Vertvixen for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The stream is scheduled to go live 30 minutes prior to the event.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should go to the venue in 20-25 minutes.

7:18 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita & Marika Tani. Tour English hosts are Mr. Haku & Gaia Hox.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They’re using the normal reduced capacity setup with most of the opposite-hard camera bleacher seats closed off except in the middle. Too early to guess on the attendance but I usually estimate around 700 for these events. (After seeing some crowd shots during opening match entrances, I’m revising my estimate down to around 650) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 707)

The matches should begin in 20-30 minutes.

Opening announcements begin at 7:25 PM PT/10:25 PM ET. The final announcement is a big one-WRESTLE PRINCESS 5, the annual fall blowout event that was their biggest annual event prior to GRAND PRINCESS. This year it will be held on 9/22 at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 6 in Chiba.

Up Up Girls time.

The matches begin at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET. And as noted above, we have STREAMERS!

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Runa Okubo & Haru Kazashiro. Suzume pinned Kazashiro after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Chika Nanase beat Uta Takami by submission

Match 3: Nao Kakuta & SAKI (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & SAKI beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Kakuta pinned Harajuku after Shiden Kai.

Match 4: Aja Kong, Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer vs. Maki Itoh, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit. Kira & Kamifuku have Kong’s face paint too!
Result: Aja Kong, Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer beat Maki Itoh, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami. Kamifuku pinned Toribami after Fameasser.

New match announcement for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 on 7/20 at Korakuen: SHoko Nakajima vs…Aja Kong!

Match 5: Hikaru Shida (All Elite Wrestling) vs. Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: HIkaru Shida beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 6: Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino vs. Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi & Yuki Aino beat Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI, Toga & Shino Suzuki. Tatsumi pinned Uehara after Twist Of Fate.

Match 7: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. L.A. Taylor (Pro Wrestling EVE) for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat L.A. Taylor to retain the title. V3 for Arai. It wasn’t easy and she was mostly beaten down by the much bigger Taylor, but one counter sometimes, one opportunity, is all it takes and it came at the right time. And I go home happy.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Vertvixen for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Vertvixen to retain the title. V2 for Watanabe. Next up: No time to celebrate…Rika Tatsumi came out immediately. Accepted. At this point all signs would seem to point to SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24 but we’ll hopefully know more in the next day or so, but apparently Daydream is going to face off. Watanabe finished her victory promo to end the show. (UPDATE: Not yet official but the official results page on DDT’s website says it’s happening on 7/20 which is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24)

UPDATE 2: It’s now official.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. There will be no live broadcast. In fact, no more live broadcasts are scheduled this month. At this time the next live broadcast will be the Nao Kakuta Produced event on 7/6.